Number of Copies?

[ThePaladinTech]

So - in `file-protection` `pool file duplication` I have it currently set to 2 ...

My dumb ? is does this mean I have 3 copies (the original and 2 copies)  of the file or 2 (original and a copy)?

If the answer is 3 total can i change the setting to 1 and will it update the pool?

[Umfriend]

With DP, we don't talk about original and copies. You can have either a single instance of each file, that is x1. If x2, then you have two duplicates. So if you want two copies of each file, x2 is the way to go.

[Christopher (Drashna)]

^  This. 

The level of duplication is the number of instances of files you have.  x1 means just one of the file, unduplicated.  x2 meaning 2 of the files, and so on.

And any time you change the levels, it will run a duplcation pass, and ensure that whichever files are at the correct number of instances that they should be at.  That means copying or deleting files, depending on what you changed.